PRC as a amplifier in GPS question.

[The Real Andy]

"Phil Allison" <philallison@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:3f0287dd$0$30822$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...

So who was really negligent ?????

One of the five teenagers in the car.

 

[Phil Allison]

"The Real Andy" <ihatehifitrolls@yahoo.com.au>

There was an article in the Sunday Mail today about that surge. They
reckon
the cost is millions, around 1000 homes and businesses suffered.
Apparently
a lot of insurance companies refuse to pay out. Energex has denied
liability
butt will provide some letter for insurance purposes.

** Bet some smart law firm organises a "class action" over this one for
all those who have no insurance or whose claims are refused.



............ Phil

 

[KLR]

On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 13:04:38 +1000, "Phil Allison"
<philallison@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

"The Real Andy" <ihatehifitrolls@yahoo.com.au


There was an article in the Sunday Mail today about that surge. They
reckon
the cost is millions, around 1000 homes and businesses suffered.
Apparently
a lot of insurance companies refuse to pay out. Energex has denied
liability
butt will provide some letter for insurance purposes.


** Bet some smart law firm organises a "class action" over this one for
all those who have no insurance or whose claims are refused.

Yes - and i wish them all the very best of luck in such an action too.

........... Phil

 

[Gregory Toomey]

"Qansett" <Qansett@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3F07ED63.3A43376C@Hotmail.com...

Do DVD players employ similar technology as the VCR
Nope, thry're digital.

I am rather curious to know why they have dropped so far in value.
You can now buy a fully featured DVD player for $89.00

I asked the same question a year ago, except that then it was "Why are DVD
players so expensive". Mass production, manufacturing in China have bought
the price down to $100 for the KMart/BigW market segment.

But if you want good all the goodies like progressive scan, DTS , THX,
good digital/anlalogue conversion, expect to pay up to $1000.


gtoomey
Free ASX end of day data www.float.com.au/data

 

[Phil Allison]

"Gregory Toomey" <nospam@nospam.com>

But if you want good all the goodies like progressive scan, DTS , THX,
good digital/anlalogue conversion, expect to pay up to $1000.

** DSE are selling a "progressive scan" DVD player for $159 now - saw
one ( Digitor ) at the Burwood store this arvo. Life is cruel.


.............. Phil

 

[R2d2]

have you got a vibrator for sale, not that I was going to buy one, I
just thought it might go with the oven.




papillon123@remove_to_email_foobox.net wrote:

Electric oven/rangetop.

Suitable for repair or for parts or use as is (oven, rotisserie and grill works
fine)

No Reserve auction.

For further details see:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2332020885

 

[BOB URZ]

"David L. Jones" wrote:

On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 19:35:31 +1000, Qansett <Qansett@Hotmail.com
wrote:
Do DVD players employ similar technology as the VCR
I am rather curious to know why they have dropped so far in value.
You can now buy a fully featured DVD player for $89.00

They are so cheap because there is next to nothing in them compared to
a VCR. No fancy mechanicals, heads, RF modulator and all that stuff.
They use the same IDE interface DVD drive as used in consumer PCs,
which of course drops the price even further due to the massive
volumes and cut throat nature of the PC industry.
They are even forgoing front panel displays these days to save cost,
with nothing more than a few status LED's. (I like that, nothing worse
than a huge bright wizz-bang LED display in a dark room)
Not much else in there apart from a switchmode supply and one board
with a huge ASIC chip and a few misc parts.
Open one up and take a look inside.
VCRs never had a chance to reach the price levels of DVDs.

Dave
---------------------------

It makes you wonder just how much is in parts, and how much goes to
the DVD6C licensing agency patent pool.

http://www.dvd6cla.com/news_20020212.html

I have also heard of some no name units from asia not paying the royalties
and dumping product cheaply. In the US, i just got my first POS player for
$39.00. Just as you said. No display, minimal front panel. Apex brand.
Wife bought it.
I hope there very recyclable. They look like use it for a year and toss it
type products. There is supposedly more lawsuits coming from another party
on DVD patents.

Here is an interesting link for computer DVD stuff:
http://www.cdfreaks.com/

As far as progressive scan goes, i would not waste lots of the money
on a new TV to run it until the whole US HDTV fiasco settles out.

What's the state of broadcast HDTV/DTV in Aus?

BOB



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[Dave Horsfall]

On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Phil Allison wrote:

Rule #2 is that Allison will always try and have the last word, even unto
fantasising where necessary. <pavlov> It's also followed by abuse, as
you'll see </pavlov>.

** Calling you a horse's arse is an insult to horses.

As predicted... Push a button, and Allison responds.

BTW That killfile of yours it not working.

What killfile? You're off with the pixies again.

PS: you also need to learn some basic grammar.

-- Dave

 

[Trevor]

" Jason James" <stratosphere2@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:EYhKa.1181$p8.43649@newsfeeds.bigpond.com...

Balanced lines have both legs equi-voltage above earth. This is the
preferred way over long lines. Balanced feed is resistant to magnetic
fields
as both legs pickup simultaneously thus producing no resultant difference
in
voltage between the two wires/legs.

The only reference to phase I'm famiar with re: mikes, is the anti-phase
noise suppresion feature on some mikes. This takes the form of an aperture
which when opened allows the diaphragm to pick-up room sound on both of
it's
sides. The reasoning being noise is omni-present and will cancel, while
desired audio is directional and will not.

In this case phase refers to the two signals of a balanced line which must
be anti phase for common mode signal rejection to occur, so both legs cannot
be said to be equi-voltage above earth.

Trevor.

 

[Trevor]

"KLR" <kreed@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:aqhsfv8s67pldke4rs323rehg590s03kn9@4ax.com...

Course you could still do it the way that SC did once and use the case
from a PC as an ampilifier housing

Yea, then they redesigned it for a proper case when everybody told them it
looked like shit.

Trevor.

 

[Rod Speed]

Sonny Foster <sonnyfoster@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:sonnyfoster-51662B.20411407072003@news-vip.optusnet.com.au...

Yet another question in my entertainment project !

I want to tranmit my video/audio/IR remote signal about 10-15
meters from my main tv viewing area down a floor to another room.

I'm thinking about using a wireless video.audio.IR tranmitter/receiver
setup. I just need stereo for the audio.

Ok, recommendations ? I'm thinking these 2.4 GHz units sound
good. They are relatively cheap and look like they;ll do the job.

Anyone have some advice and where I
can pick up a system at a decent price ?

Some pretty decent prices on ebay, just search on 'sender'

 

[skozzy]

Hello skozzy,
from your description it sounds like the varistor/mov has done
its job, sacrificing itself in an attempt to protect the UPS.
After you repair the tracks why not see if the UPS still works.
You might be lucky!

I took your advice, and installed a new varistor and fixed the tracks, yeah,
she works again. Thanks for the push.

If so, another similar mov can be found and fitted.
Just for interest, what brand UPS is it?

The brand is APC Smart-UPS 600

 

[John Dunkley]

You will get a much better result if you use a program like Cool Edit
Pro or similar. There are also free-ware programs around.

There are several packages around that will 'clean up' the recordings
from the vinyl disks (noise, scratches etc) automatically.

Takes a bit longer to do but the end results are well worth the effort.

JD


Doug Laidlaw wrote:

I am trying to copy some vinyl disks to CD-ROM to make audio CD's. I am
taking output from the top of the player volume control to my sound card
input. My problem is that turntable rumble at that point is much louder
than the wanted signal, although it is inaudible in the player's speakers.
Is there a simple bass-cut circuit I can use, perhaps just a capacitor in
each channel to limit low frequencies?

TIA,

Doug.

 

[David Milne]

Doug Laidlaw wrote:

I am trying to copy some vinyl disks to CD-ROM to make audio CD's. I am
taking output from the top of the player volume control to my sound card
input. My problem is that turntable rumble at that point is much louder
than the wanted signal, although it is inaudible in the player's speakers.
Is there a simple bass-cut circuit I can use, perhaps just a capacitor in
each channel to limit low frequencies?

TIA,

Doug.
--
Registered Linux user No. 277548.
Linux: in a world without fences, who needs Gates?

Do you have an RIAA pre-preamp installed between the sound card and the record player?

--

Regards
David Milne

 

[Phil Allison]

"David Milne" <dmmilne@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:3F0A724B.6D6B4357@ozemail.com.au...

Doug Laidlaw wrote:

I am trying to copy some vinyl disks to CD-ROM to make audio CD's. I am
taking output from the top of the player volume control to my sound card
input. My problem is that turntable rumble at that point is much louder
than the wanted signal, although it is inaudible in the player's
speakers.
Is there a simple bass-cut circuit I can use, perhaps just a capacitor
in
each channel to limit low frequencies?


Do you have an RIAA pre-preamp installed between the sound card and the
record player?

** He says he is using the signal from the vol pot.

He further says he has excessive rumble - typical of a crappy
TT.

So you think the RIAA pre is missing...... ??????????




.............. Phil

 

[Doug Laidlaw]

Phil Allison wrote:

"David Milne" <dmmilne@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:3F0A724B.6D6B4357@ozemail.com.au...

Doug Laidlaw wrote:

I am trying to copy some vinyl disks to CD-ROM to make audio CD's. I
am taking output from the top of the player volume control to my sound
card
input. My problem is that turntable rumble at that point is much
louder than the wanted signal, although it is inaudible in the player's
speakers.
Is there a simple bass-cut circuit I can use, perhaps just a capacitor
in
each channel to limit low frequencies?


Do you have an RIAA pre-preamp installed between the sound card and the
record player?



** He says he is using the signal from the vol pot.

He further says he has excessive rumble - typical of a crappy
TT.

So you think the RIAA pre is missing...... ??????????




............. Phil
I have a crystal PU on a cheap portable changer. The input is excessive and

needs to be attenuated to stop overloading the soundcard and program (LP
recorder), but the excessive signal is the turntable noise. The actual
audio seems to be well within limits. I am going to try attenuating the
signal then running it through a filter program, as John Dunkley suggests.
I found a page for a commercial filter, but it has a cut-off of 27 Hz,
which seems too low, and it is not available anyway. The response curve of
a simple capacitor wouldn't be sharp enough.

Doug.

--
Registered Linux user No. 277548.
Linux: in a world without fences, who needs Gates?

 

[Rudolf Ladyzhenskii]

As fas as technology goes, they both can play video and both are plugged in
mains and have IR remote controls.
This is about it for similarity in technology.

Since DVDs have less parts in mechanism than VCR and parts are simplier
they are cheaper to make. Also, because no recording or TV reception is
required, electronics is easier.

Electronics is cheaper. Most of the signal processing is done in the
software, rather than in analog electronics as in VCRs.

Another contribution to the low cost is mass production. DVD players are
produced in much larger quantities than VCRs if you think about PC DVD-ROM
drives as well. In fact, many cheap brands use PC-type DVD-ROM inside.

Rudolf


"Qansett" <Qansett@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3F07ED63.3A43376C@Hotmail.com...

Do DVD players employ similar technology as the VCR
I am rather curious to know why they have dropped so far in value.
You can now buy a fully featured DVD player for $89.00

 

[Phil Allison]

"Doug Laidlaw" <laidlaws@myaccess.com.au> wrote in message news:b9qrt-

I have a crystal PU on a cheap portable changer.

** So you are desperate and broke ?



The input is excessive and

needs to be attenuated to stop overloading the soundcard and program (LP
recorder), but the excessive signal is the turntable noise.

** All the LF crap will be intermodulating the wanted audio - get
another TT.




The actual

audio seems to be well within limits.

** I have not seen that sort of problem in 30 years and then only with
bargain TTs.




.............. Phil

 

[Franc Zabkar]

On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 11:39:43 GMT, tronnort_@yahoo.com (David L. Jones)
put finger to keyboard and composed:

On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 19:35:31 +1000, Qansett <Qansett@Hotmail.com
wrote:
Do DVD players employ similar technology as the VCR
I am rather curious to know why they have dropped so far in value.
You can now buy a fully featured DVD player for $89.00

They are so cheap because there is next to nothing in them compared to
a VCR. No fancy mechanicals, heads, RF modulator and all that stuff.
They use the same IDE interface DVD drive as used in consumer PCs,...

Some do, some don't. I have an Omni SL-P2000KD that doesn't.


- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 's' from my address when replying by email.

 

[The real Andy]

"Jim Lazzaro" <Jim_Lazzaro@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:fae7122f.0307090625.2c062196@posting.google.com...

If anyone could please advise me about what keeps the memory of the
last channel viewed before switch off.
TV is a Philips 14CN2001/75S, it doesn't have a remote.
I am unable to find any batteries or supercaps.
The problem is when switched on the TV starts on channel 0 (sound is
okai)regardless of what channel it was used on.
Unfortunayely I do not have schematics and also I don't see any eeprom
on PCB.

EEPROM is probably incorporated into the micro that controls the TV. IT
might pay you to track down the service manual from High Country,
hcsd.com.au I think.